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The entire house is thus divided into fine stripes of temperature layers, between which our feline clients spend all day traveling,’ explains the architect. The spiral staircase, meanwhile, opens up a line of vision to the whole house from any vantage point. ‘ The rises are designed based on the body measurements of our cats, which led to having 23 different floor levels.

Organizing the home around a large & skylit spiral staircaseĭelving into the details, Tan Yamanouchi organized the spiral staircase around an atrium with a skylight in the center of the house. With these in mind, the residence was conceived as a large spiral staircase, known as a caracole, with multiple nooks and crannies, incorporating both the owners’ and pets’ needs. (3) And lastly (3) the need to have multiple safe places to hide they like options and may change their minds about where they feel safest depending on the time of day or year. (2) The desire to be in same room as their owners, all while maintaining their space. That being said, he summarized the cats’ needs into three categories: (1) Being able to choose their preferred temperature level at any time of day as they can sense temperature differences that humans cannot, they like to move around to find the perfect spot. ‘ Having lived with the two for ten years, we took our design cues from ‘listening’ to them, although they do not speak human words,’ says principal architect Tan Yamanouchi. As pet owners, the project took shape from the perspective of their little felines. Located in Kamakura, an hour from central Tokyo, A Cat Tree House is a charmingprivate dwelling and work studio designed by and for architect Tan Yamanouchi, his partner, and their two cats. Explore a cat tree house by tan yamanouchi in kamakura